The Religious Souvenir, a Christmas, New Year's and Birth Day Present for MDCCCXXXIV.Bishop Gregory Thurston Bedell |
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Page 90
... choice , either to remain in their native land , or to follow her to hers . And here , as often in the mysteries of Providence , we observe the different influence of the same religious instruction . Orphah , though she loved her mother ...
... choice , either to remain in their native land , or to follow her to hers . And here , as often in the mysteries of Providence , we observe the different influence of the same religious instruction . Orphah , though she loved her mother ...
Page 91
... choice , there can be no question in the mind of any indi- vidual , who is at all conversant with the sacred Scriptures . When Joshua , in his valedictory ad- dress , touched upon this subject , he uses this expressive language : Choose ...
... choice , there can be no question in the mind of any indi- vidual , who is at all conversant with the sacred Scriptures . When Joshua , in his valedictory ad- dress , touched upon this subject , he uses this expressive language : Choose ...
Page 92
... choice , yet that choice is not a matter of indifference . It is not equally well with us , whether we choose the right or the wrong . Though the choice was with the sisters , yet there was something essentially erroneous in the ...
... choice , yet that choice is not a matter of indifference . It is not equally well with us , whether we choose the right or the wrong . Though the choice was with the sisters , yet there was something essentially erroneous in the ...
Page 93
... choice should fall upon the world , he who makes it , makes the world his God , his portion , and his reward ; and when the ' world passeth away , and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth , ' he will share the lot of all earthly ...
... choice should fall upon the world , he who makes it , makes the world his God , his portion , and his reward ; and when the ' world passeth away , and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth , ' he will share the lot of all earthly ...
Page 94
... choice , correctly made , depends the salvation of the soul . It is unquestionably true that religion calls for extraordinary self - denial . What is meant on this subject , will be clearly seen by a very little exami- nation of the ...
... choice , correctly made , depends the salvation of the soul . It is unquestionably true that religion calls for extraordinary self - denial . What is meant on this subject , will be clearly seen by a very little exami- nation of the ...
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Popular passages
Page 69 - As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God...
Page 84 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Page 220 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?
Page 80 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 1 - The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 50 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Page 176 - BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 236 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church ; and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore, as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Page 75 - And he said unto them, Why do ye such things ? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. Nay, my sons ; for it is no good report that I hear : ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.
Page 79 - The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.